Cooking utensil.



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BOOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 13, 1910. BENBWBD MAY 7, 1912.

l1,(v)4`6,2613, l l Patented Dec'.3,1912. l

ATTURNEYS PATENT OFFICE. l

FRED DORR CALKINS, 0F WELSH, LOUISIANA.

'COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 3, 1912,

Application'led April 13, 1910, SerialNo. 555,213. Renewed May 7, 1912.erialxlo. 695,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED'D. CALKINs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of l/Velsh, in the vparish of Calcasieu and StateofLouisiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in CookingUtensils, of which the following is a specication.

This invention in an improvementin cooking utensils being in the natureof a foramipnous vessel designed foriuse in steaming,

boiling, etc., within an outer vessel and the present invention relatesparticularly to. the

means for reinforcing the foraminated body by means which are extendedat one end to serve as legs for supportinglthe vessel and at their otherends as fastening means forholding the lid in place; and the invent-ionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a vessel embodying myinvention. Fig.' 2 is a section thereof on about line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a top plan view of the vessel. Fig. 4 is a detail section enlargedshowing the construction of the rim plate and the connection thereofwith the upper edge of the body of the vessel and the reinforcing sidebars.

The body A of the vessel is foraminous and may be of the usualperforated metal .such as shown in Figs. 1l and 2 and the bot-- tom B ofthe vessel may be of the same material and is rounded as shown in Figs.l and 2, forniing an arch from side to side of the -vessel at its bottomwhich arch forms a support or connectionfor one end of the strut brace Cand which extends from the lower end of the leg extension D of thereinforcing bar D as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Thisstrut brace C, it will be noticed, not only operates as a support. forthe bottom B but also operates to brace the leg extension D as is bestshown in Fig. 2. In thus bracing the bottom B, it will be noticed thatthe strut C also operates when the vessel is lifted to support the bot-'tm B from the leg extension D so that the "rounded bottom B iscorrelated with the strut C on the leg extension D in provid-l plate E,which is secured at E to t-he upper edge of the body A of the vessel, iscrimped wings Eand E2 .and is beaded at its upper' edge at v-E4 with thesaidbead approximately in line with the bend unit-ing! the wings E andE2 so, that the upward extensionv D2 of the bars D may bear against thebead E* above which they are bent into the inwardly `.opening hooks D3for engagement with the notched Hange at the outer edge ofv the cover F.This cover F has a suit-able handle F and is'provided with a flange F 2to restupon the bead E4 and has in said fiangev notches F 3 which may beregistered with the hooks D3 in applying and removing the lid so thesaid flange F 2 may be turned ybelow the said hooks as shown in- F igpto securethe cover in place upon the vessel. It

will be noticed that the rim plate E' strengthens and reinforces theupper edge of the body A, aords facilities by means of the wlng E forthe secure connection of the bars D at the upper edge ofthe body'E,

and also provides for disposing the bead E, upon which the flange F2rests, in such Vmanner that the said bead forms a second connection forthe bars D at the upper end of the vessel and also provides for securingthe lid in connection with the body of the vessel in such manner thatthe bars D and the rim plate E will bear all the strain incident t-o theconnection of the parts D and the lid F with the upper end of the bodyof the vessel. This is accomplishedin a simple 'manner and in a waydesigned to st-rengthen the Vessel and render it more durable andefficient in use. A

When the lid is applied as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 it may be used asa'handle in raising and otherwise manipulating thev vessel.

. I claim:

1. The improvement herein described comprising the vessel body andbottom of fol'aminous material, the bottom being rounded forming anarch, a rim plate. bent over the upper edge of the vessel body and hav?inga wing depending therein and returned at its lower edge formino anupwardly projecting wing extending a ove said first wing 'and beaded atits upper edge in alinement with the portion of the plate bent over theupper edge of the vessel body, a lid having a notched flange resting on,said bead, reinforcing side bars secured to the body of the vessel andextending above the same and secured to the bead of the rim plate andhaving above said bead7 hooks coperating with ,the notched flange of thelid and the-said brace bars having leg extensions below the bodyof thevessel and provided with strut braces extending in and secured to therounded bottom of the vessel, all substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. A vessel having a body portion of foraminous material and provided atits upper edge with a rim plate bent over the upper edge of the bodyportion 'and havin an upwardly extending Wing projecting a ove the upperedge ofthe vessel body and beaded at its upper ed e in alinement withthe body of the vessel, ars bracing the vessel body and extending abovethe same and secured to said bead and having, above the bead, hooks forsecuring the lid and the lid resting on the bead and notched forcoperation with the hooks of the brace bars, substant'ially as setforth.

3. A forami'nous vessel havinga' body braces between thelower ends ofthe brace' bars and the rounded bottom, substantially as set forth.

4. A foraminous vessel comprising a body portion7 brace bars securedthereto and having leg extensions below the body portion and extendingat their upper ends above the body portion and hooked for engagementwith a notched lid and a notched lid, all

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

y FRED Dona oALKINs.

Witnesses: i'

WM. CANELL BENJAMIN,l I lV. E. CLERY.

